Keeping Anger within?

 Have you been so upset in life with a person, situation, or yourself where your feelings find their way into your DNA becoming one with your soul? Leading to a shifted perception from then on forward? You were friends with your neighbor until one day a small mishap arrives

at your door and now you no longer speak to them?  On the news you picked up something that angered you and now you have taken on that anger permanently as your own?  These are examples of verses 26 and 27 from chapter four of Ephesians warns us not to do - "In your anger do not sin; do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold".

      So if we can do that, great, but what if we do go to sleep in anger and then the next day we have many emotions that weigh heavy on us, and this continues for weeks, months, years; and even though you thought you forgot about it and moved on the devil will attack you whenever he wants inflaming that battle wound that was never healed. 

   Job in the Book of Job never let his anger at the situation get anchored in his soul. His wife told him to “curse God and die” which I think means to give up on God due to being upset and let it “sink in” to never care about God again.  We humans do this all the time.  Mathew 24:12 “ And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.” We don't deal with our anger in a way of forgiveness and choosing to override the anger with love we rather let anger control us. 

      The verses should be taken more seriously than people view them today. We apply these verses to our spouse or children, which is very important as wedges or “footholds” can be formed within any relationship leading to strain among other things (see below) if it is not fixed. 

    Also the last to this article i will conclude by saying, sometimes we might not be able to not in literal terms have full forgiveness in our hearts before we go to sleep, however it's important to understand these verses in broader terms. When we are dealing with an obstacle that provokes anger or resentment we need to have a knowing in our hearts to know we will work out the problem to not let it stay within because of what it will do to us (see below).

 ***consequences for  letting anger take hold of us/ letting the sun set 

- violence

- lack of understanding

- a condemning heart 

- quick temper

- hate 

- regret

- blockage toward forgiveness/ and inner peace

- a none-caring heart (grow cold)

- pain (heartache)